Michael Diamond"Lesser Breeds"
Racial Attitudes in Popular British Culture, 1890-1940
Michael Diamond has been an editor, producer and presenter for the BBC, where he worked on 'The World at One' and the 'BBC World Service'. He has a lifelong interest in the Victorian age. He has recently published 'Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain' (Anthem Press, 2004).
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Yellow Peril and the Background to Villainy
2. Chapter 2: Chinese Villains and Masterminds
3. Chapter 3: Gordon and Arab Nationalism
4. French North Africa and the Lure of the Desert
Chapter 5: The Sheikh and His Imitators
Chapter 6. Ghettoes and Stereotypes
Chapter 7: Jewish 'Pride of Race'
Chapter 8: The Jews and Some Famous Authors
Chapter 9: Jews on Jews
Chapter 10: Coping with Africa
Chapter 11: Blacks in the Caribbean and Home
Afterword
Notes
Index
